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Karl Urban

07 Jun, 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand

Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and TV series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Since then, he has starred in many high-profile movies, including... as Éomer in the second and third installments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Vaako in the second and third installments of Riddick film series, Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series, Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John "Reaper" Grimm in Doom (2005), Judge Dredd in Dredd (2012), Gavin Magary in Pete's Dragon (2016), and Skurge in Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2013, he starred in the sci-fi series Almost Human. Since 2019, he has starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon's superhero streaming television series The Boys.

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Καρλ Ούρμπαν칼 어반Karl-Heinz Urban卡尔·厄本カール・アーバン卡爾·厄本

I, Object
0% (1970)
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The Loft
65% (2014)
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Chunuk Bair
80% (1992)
Via Satellite
57% (1998)
The Bluff
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Mr. Butcher
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Heaven
57% (1999)
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Bent
53% (2018)